https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iudbGNeU6Ao

This itvw with wonderful Margherita is very, very special: in a beautiful sunny afternoon in post-imperial Rome, with a 180 degree view, and talking about that other Empire - one of the themes of my book recently translated in Italian.

So many memories, emotions, historical parallels, and pure joy - as Rome plays an essential part in my personal life.

Enjoy the time travel. Hope Marcus Aurelius approves it - in case he listened to it in his eternal domains.

With English subtitles.

Opening of the #BRICS Academic Forum 2024

Our Night in Trieste was VERY special. Enjoy.

Well, this has been bloody obvious from the get-go.

▶️ A staggering 4 million mourners attended the funeral of Iranian President Raeisi in his hometown of Mashhad, paying their respects to the late president.

@PressTV - #Iran

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The head of the FSB at a CIS summit in Kyrgyzstan:

US, UK and NATO on Full Hybrid War.

NATO facilitating terrorists from all over to massively transfer to Ukraine, with some used all across the Heartland.

Ukraine has turned to Total Terror. Plenty of sabotage raids across Russia's borders.

Global Majority on the move: Russia closely cooperating with nations in West Asia, wider Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Doha.

With the wonderful Shaika al-Nassr, director of the fabulous I.M.Pei-designed Museum of Islamic Art.

After our meeting, I revisited the Museum - including its new Southeast Asia section - plus a spectacular exhibition of textiles from Safavid Iran.

The perfect Silk Road deep dive: an aesthetic illumination away from the sorrows of geopolitics.

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Il capo dell'FSB al vertice della CSI in Kirghizistan:

-Stati Uniti, Regno Unito e NATO sulla guerra ibrida totale.

-La NATO facilita il trasferimento massiccio di terroristi da tutto il mondo in Ucraina, con alcuni utilizzati in tutto il cuore.

-L’Ucraina è passata al Terrore Totale. Numerosi raid di sabotaggio attraverso i confini della Russia.

-Maggioranza globale in movimento: la Russia collabora strettamente con le nazioni dell’Asia occidentale, dell’Asia più ampia, dell’Africa e dell’America Latina.

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✍️ Dmitry Trenin, a research professor at the HSE & a lead research fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, member of the Russian International Affairs Council.

A massive transformation is taking place in Russia, & the West is blind to it

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• Non-material values are coming back. Patriotism, reviled & derided in the wake of the Soviet Union’s collapse, is re-emerging in force.

• Russian popular culture is shedding – slowly, perhaps, but steadily – the habit of imitating what’s hot in the West. Instead, the traditions of Russian literature, including poetry, film, music are being revived and developed. A spike in domestic tourism has opened to ordinary Russians the treasures of their own country – until recently neglected.

• Russian political culture is returning to its fundamentals. Unlike that of the West, but somewhat similar to the East – it is based on the model of a family. There is order, & there is a hierarchy; rights are balanced by responsibilities; the state is not a necessary evil but the principal public good and the top societal value. Politics, in the Western sense of a constant, often no-holds-barred competition, is viewed as self-serving & destructive; instead, those who are entrusted with being at the helm of the state are expected to arbitrate, to ensure harmony of various interests, etc.

• The view of the West as Russia’s hereditary adversary has again gained prominence – <...> as a function of the West’s own policies, from providing Ukraine with weapons that kill Russian soldiers & civilians, to sanctions which in many ways are indiscriminate, to attempts to cancel Russian culture or to bar Russians from world sports.

• The current confrontation with the West makes it imperative that some kind of a new ideological concept finally emerges, in which sovereignty & patriotism, law & justice take a central role. Western propaganda pejoratively refers to it as “Putinism” but, for most Russians, it may be simply described as “Russia’s way.”

Raïssi a mené la charge pour le «nouvel ordre mondial» Russie-Iran-Chine

La vision orientale du président #Raïssi a contribué à faire progresser le lien stratégique Moscou-Téhéran-Pékin et à tracer la voie vers l'institutionnalisation de la #multipolarité.
#Russie #Chine #Iran #BRICS

https://reseauinternational.net/raissi-a-mene-la-charge-pour-le-nouvel-ordre-mondial-russie-iran-chine/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUXdPlvN8iM&t=33s

PARA TODO O MUNDO LUSOFONO

For the whole Lusophone world.

Straight outta Doha.

Where we learn a lot about what goes on in Iran.

Iranian foreign policy remains in focus.

The investigation will decide what happens next.

When in doubt, listen to Voltaire:

"They are all of them born with raging fanaticism in their hearts, just as the Bretons and the Germans are born with blonde hair. I would not be in the least bit surprised if these people would not some day become deadly to the human race."

You do know who he's talking about.

A recently leaked image of Gaza detainees in Israeli detention camps shows Palestinians confined in cages, with their hands tied and blindfolded at all times.

According to a source, "The prisoners are detained in a sort of cages, all blindfolded and handcuffed. If someone speaks or moves, they are immediately silenced, or they are forced to stand with their hands raised above their head and handcuffed for up to one hour. If they are unable to keep their hands raised, the soldiers attach the handcuffs to the bars of the cage," reported an Israeli whistleblower.

Heads of the delegations at the Handing over and Closing Session of the BRICS Academic Forum are talking about the joint work

BREAKING: 2024 Bilderberg meeting to be held in Madrid - The Nordic Times
https://nordictimes.com/world/2024-bilderberg-meeting-to-be-held-in-madrid/